Melissa Jellison, White Mountains Regional High School life-science teacher, 2019 Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship recipient. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)
Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship
Since 2008, the Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship has played an important role in recognizing and celebrating North Country educators.
More than 50 educators from every level — kindergarten through 12th grade — from across the North Country have been awarded fellowships. The program was established by Louise Tillotson and strives to retain good teachers in the North Country and recognize excellence in public school teaching.
In 2024, the Fellowship was paused for redesign to deepen its impact on local schools and communities. Beginning in 2025, the Fellowship will feature a facilitated learning cohort, stipends, and funding and support for a passion project undertaken by the fellows.
The 2025 Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship cohort will play a key role in shaping the program, ensuring it remains relevant and meaningful to educators’ needs—a fellowship for local educators, designed by local educators.
Are you eager to deepen your impact in your school or community? Do you have big ideas for improving student or educator experiences but aren’t sure how to get started? Are you looking for a collaborative group of thinkers and doers to support you on your journey? If so, the Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship might be a great fit for you!
A full program description and application are available here.
“Louise’s interest in the fellowship was to give the teachers in the North Country the opportunity to go and gain skills that they could bring back and pass to their peers. She wanted to encourage good teachers to get better and then pass it around. She had a great confidence in the fact that a strong education system would boost the community as a whole.”
— Ben Gayman, advisor to Louise Tillotson and Tillotson Fund Advisor
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Past Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship recipients
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Marc Salmin, Art Teacher, White Mountains Regional High School, Whitefield
Gail McVetty, 3rd Grade Teacher, Lancaster Elementary School, Lancaster -
Christina Noyes, Music Teacher, Littleton School District, Littleton
David Morrissette, Social Studies Teacher, Gorham High School, Gorham -
Tina Mooney, Kindergarten Teacher, Whitefield Elementary School, Whitefield
Eugene Reid, Building Construction and Restoration Carpentry Instructor, Canaan Schools, VT
Martina Macakova, World Languages Instructor, White Mountains Regional High School, Whitefield -
Patti Dugan-Henriksen, Middle School Science Teacher, Groveton High School, Groveton
Erica Hicks, Math Teacher, White Mountains Regional High School, Whitefield
Keri Wade, Science Teacher, Gorham Middle High School, Gorham -
Melissa Jellison, White Mountains Regional High School, life-science teacher
Kate Moore, Brown Elementary School, second-grade teacher
Deborah Sargent, Pittsburg School, art educator -
Lisa Pike, Edward Fenn Elementary School in Gorham, fourth-grade teacher
Lisa Morse, Milan Village School in Milan, fifth- and sixth-grade teacher
Jeannine LaBounty, White Mountains Regional High School, teacher leader
Patricia Hood, Berlin High School, health teacher and Youth Leadership Through Adventure advisor -
Kari L. Goulet, Milan Village School, sixth-grade teacher
Matthew Saladino, Gorham Middle High School, School Counselor and teacher
Susan Griffin, Brown Elementary School in Berlin, second-grade teacher -
Sarah W. Clemmitt, Gorham Middle High School, Physical Science, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science teacher
Patricia Weathers, Edward Fenn Elementary School, fourth-grade teacher
Ann Elise Record, Grades K-5 Berlin elementary schools, Title 1 Math Coach -
Alicia W. Boire, Colebrook Academy, Business Education teacher
Sandy J. Pouliot, Hillside Elementary School, fifth-grade teacher
Lorna Holcombe, Groveton Elementary School, Reading and Math K-5 teacher -
Cate DiBlasi, The Whitefield School, Special Education teacher
Michele C. Ladd, Lancaster Elementary School, sixth-grade teacher
Mary G. Trask, Colebrook Academy, Physical Education/Health teacher -
Rob Hamel, Gorham High School, English teacher
Karen LaRoche, White Mountains Regional High School, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher
Tricia Walsh, Edward Fenn Elementary School, first-grade teacher
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